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THIS COW SAT Perhaps the strangest pose in which a cow was ever photographed-was on the occasion illustrated herewith. The cow actually "sat far her picture." The cow had been driven 16 miles after being purchased, and the day was hot and trying to man and beast. Upon her arrival at her new home the animal DIVES ON A BICYCLE. Most daring of bicycle feats is that being performed abroad by a cyclist tamed GiOord. Like Kilpatrick, who made the descent of a long flight of steps, this rider has only one leg. Gif ford sites at full tilt from a tall gallery straight out over the edge and into the air. He drops 90 feet into a shallow tank of water. NAILLESS HORSESHOES. Ever since men began to shoe horses they have been using nails, but now a Cuban inventor says that nails are quite unnecessary. The accompanying picture shows the kind of horseshoe which he proposes to substitute for the one now in use. Its main feature in a plate, to which the various shoe parts are pivoted, and which Is so constructed and arranged that it forms a protection and a sup port for the pivoted ends of the parts. Connected, with the plate is also a mechanism for binding the various parts and keeping them in proper position-Not a single nail ia used when this shoe is twt on a horse, as the plate suf fices to koop the shoe firmly on the foot WestlnUter Abbey Fees. Official of Westminster abbey charge fees aggregating over iz.ooo when memorial U placed in the abbey. pf v.; H ; ; SSSSSBBSBMSSSSSSSBBSSSSBBSSBSBBSSBBI ' PlnFPt'WfyffT "'V"' DOWN TO REST was very weary, and, on being led up to the house for Inspection, deliberately tat, or squatted," upon a board walk. In this unusual position the cow re mained, seemingly satisfied with the comfort of it, and showing no inclina tion to lie down ia the more natural resting position. BARS RATS FROM SHIPS. Ever since bacteriologists drew atten tion to the fact that rats play an impor tant part in disseminating infectious diseases steps have been taken to ex terminate these animals, and, as they are very fond of frequenting vessels and thus often carry deadly germs from one country to another, various devices have been tried with the object of free ing vessels from them. When rats want to leave shoe and get on a vessel they generally avail uiemselves of ropes or anchor chains for that purpose, and for this reason the Vancouver authorities have ordered that in future all vessels in the har bor must have the ropes and chains connecting them with the land protect ed by smooth hard plates. WHO FOUND AMERICA t The subject of the discovery of Amer ica has been rather prominently before the reading public for some years. There has been much speculation as to whether or not the hardy Norsmen did really establish settlements in this country some hundreds of years before Columbus made what he thought the greatest find in history. To those who are not wrapped up in archaelogical or historical studies these speculations hare not been without their comic side. but the rank outsider has at last come to believe that Christopher Columbus was not the only pebble on the beach. and that there is solid ground for the contention of the advocates of the Norsemen. To these latter, a recent ar ticle by Prof. Scrsus B'Jgse. published In the Berlingske Tidende, will prove an additional prop with which to bol ster up their theory. The article in question is a study on a runic inscrip tion found, in 1817. on a farm in Ring erlike, Norway. Some years after its discovery the stone disappeared, and has not since been found. Fortunately, the inscription was copied in 1823, and a copy of this drawing, the original drawing having also disappeared, is now in the Bergen museum. The ab sence of the names, both of the persons to whom the stone relates and the cut ter, seems to imply that the original in sscription consisted of two parts, cut on different stones. Prof. Rngge'g Dan ish rendering may be translated as fol lows: "They came out (on the ocean) and across great stretches, and, need ing clothes to dry themselves, and food, away towards Viniand auu oil the Ice in the uninhabited region. Each can take away joy, as that one dies early." This is clearly an epitaph over a young Norwegian from Ringerike, who had been wrecked with his companions, and, after wandering over the ice, had finally yielded up his life near the coast of Vinland. The character of the ruins indicates that the epitaph was cut be tween 1010 and 1050 that is, within half a century of the discovery of the Western continent by the Norsemen. It is, therefore, the earliest document known to us containing a reference to America. The striking nature of Pro fessor Bugge's conclusions has roused fresh interest in the search for the lost stone, which must be regarded as. from the cultural side, the most important in Scandinavia. Of even greater impor tance would be the discovery of the companion stone. If the theory with re gard to Its existence be correct Mr- Pierpont Morgan is reported by New York society gossip to be off for a European trip In search of something too expensive to buy. SUMMER 13 HEBE. The crimson rose is climbing up the string. Th small boy gets the hornet in the neek; The coalman thinks his business a Wreck. The iceman's on the dance and on the sing; Tbe w-nt of new-mown hay begins to wing Across the sunny mead that daisies f!-ck. AnJ now the auerated dog's on dick To caraeole, and loi, und leap, and Rprlng. The baHi ball clips the cloudhip on the fly. The umpire 'neath the bat disintegrate.; An1 while the swallows round the sta ble veer, AnI. we're Descul pi iired with the cherry pie, We ip our pikra and iVfy the fntes UeoauHe we know thut dear old sum mer's here. Judge. Ta.le of Five Cents. BY MRS. MOSKS P. HANDY. (Copyright, 1901, by Authors- Syndicate.) NEVER, thought Bensie Ayres. had she been In so unpleasant a pre dicament Her purse was gone; it was not in her muff, nor yet in either pocket of her Jacket. When, where, or how she had lost It she had not the least idea; not that that mat tered much, except the disagreeable fact that she was in the Ktreet car, mile3 from home, with the rain outside falling in a steady drizzle, and that she hati not 5 cent wherewith to pay her fare. What could she, what would she do? "Will the conductor put me off?" she said to herself, "or will he trust me for my fare, if I promise to mail it to him as soon a I get home. He must know papa by name," and then she thought that if he doubted her honesty ia one respect, he would do so in all, and might not believe that he was Judge Ayres' daughter. "Well, he may put me off if he like. I can go to a drug store and telephone for a cab." Then her face grew blank with the rec ollection that in order to telephone she roust have twice the amount needed for car fare. As the thought drove her sense of helplessness home afresh, she ioked up involuntarily and caught two blue-gray eyes fixed on her, and twink ling with amusement. She turned pink with vexation. "Thinks it funny, does he?" she thought "I Just wish he were in my place!" The young man, standing near, look, ed away instantly. When he boarded the car Bessie had at once attracted his attention as an unusually pretty gjrl, and be had watched the little panto mime with Interest, thinking, mean while, that he had rarely seen so ex pressive a face. "Poor little girl." he thought, pity ingly. "She looks as though she ex pected to be arrested. Evidently she Is not used to taking care of herself; be lated by accident, no doubt, or has had her pocket picked." The flash of resentment which lit her eyes, as they cought his, confirmed his ideas as to her social standing, and completed his amusement at her plight He turned bis back and faced the con ductor, who was rapidly approaching. The sound of the bell, as the fares were rung up, Jarred Bessie's nerves. "Fare!" She parted her lips, but before he could sp?ak: "Two," said her neigh bor, handing the man a dime, and the dreaded crisis was past For a moment Bessie fancied that the conductor had overlooked her in the crowd the car was packed to tlie utmost Nor was it until she saw the ed her. making his way towards thelart with let us suggest how a httle other end of the car, that, finding him alone, she understood that he had paid for her as the other one of the "two." The discovery not only found her un grateful, it filled her with indignation. The one thing needed to complete her anoyance was that a young man, with whom she was totally unacquainted, should treat her as an object of char ity. How dar" he do such a thing? Fortunately, sue remembered that there was still something worse; to make a scene and call public attention! to the fact. She had no choice but to i ignore the transaction and appear un conscious of the man's existence. She knew that ber cheeks were burning, but she clenched ber hands Inside her muff and ioked neither to urn right Dor to the left Bessie had always been quick-tem pered. As & small girl, when she got into a passion, her mother used to make ber repeat poetry until she quiet ed down. She had kept up the prac tice, of herself. In later years, finding It wholesome and easy discipline. She tried It now, and became so absorbed that her thlngllng nerves soon found relief. By that time, the stranger who bad come to ber rescue had left the car, to her great satisfaction. Her ride was a long one. and before reaching home she was cool enough to conclude that, except for staring at her, the man bad done a kind action in a gentlemanly way. "He meant well enough, I dare say," she told herself, "but If I ever see him again I shall psy him that 5 cents, or die." It was with this resolve that for weeks and months she kept a constant lookout for the unknown. All In vain. however, notwithstanding the fact that he carried? away with him a mental photograph of a charming face, framed In a fluff of brown hair, with large brown eyes, and rosebud mouth, qulv erlng with the look of a frightened child, a face which he told himself he could not fall to recognize wherever he might see It Nearly a year afterwards Bensle Ayres went to a neighboring city to officiate as matd-of-honor at the mar rlagp of ber father's niece. T:.ere was to be a round of garetles. of luncueons and dinners and theater parties, a4 he found the bride-elect bemoaning lad Snd. "I think I have heard," said the ten derfoot, "that the man you called Rat tlesnake gam came to aa unfortunate end hanged for horse stealing, or something of that kind." "Wuss than that, pard," replied the cowboy, shaking bis bead with ineffa ble eadness. "He waa killed by beln' th rowed fm a boas." A Christian Chlraasaa declares that In the city of Foochow and suburbs there are LWO.WO persona who spend annually on rttan connected with idol atry t sum of tij&fi. the fact that the best man could be present only for the wedding ceremony. A substitute had to be provided for him even at the last grand rehearsal. "I wonder that Mr. Itoss didn't choose Home one who had more timo to give him," Bessie remarked. "So do I," agreed her cousin. "I told Ned as much, but no. my dear, be thinks more of Mr. Benson than of his own brother, and won't have even him really grateful to Mr. Benson for com In his place. Indeed, 1 believe he Is ing at all, and it is had for him to get off. You see the head of the firm is ill, and in Europe, and only Mr. Bnson can fill his place. As it is, he comes and goes at night, so as not to be away but one day. i" Bes3ie was not pleased. In Epite of the serene confidence felt by every one else that whatever Mr. Benson did was sure to be done well, she had her 'mis givings, and the maid-of-honor plays a responsible part at a fashionable wed ding. Still she was wise, and held her peace. The all-important, day came. The bride was a radiant vision in 'sheen of satin and shimmer of lace," and Bessie, after completing her own toilet, turned away from the mirror with the sustaining consciousness that he. also, did credit to the family reputation for beauty; pink and silver became her marvelously well. Mr. Ross and his best man were wait ing at the foot of the wide staircase, as the bride and her attendant came down for the start to the church. "Miss Ayres, Mr. Benson." Lloyd Benson Instantly recognized the girl of the street car. Bessie did not raise her eyes as her father al ways said, she was a person of one idea at a time. Just now that idea was the duty of the hour. She bowed me chanically, and attended to the bride'R train instead of looking at the man who handed her into the carriage. It was not until the ceremony had passed off beautifully, the wedding breakfast was over, and bride and groora had departed for Mexico, in a shower of rice and rosebuds, that Bes sie found time for a really good look at her fellow-second In the great event. Once more a pair of blue-gray eyes, twinkling with amusement met hers. For an instant Bessie felt dizzy, and a startled look of recognition swept across her face, then she recovered herself and smiled. "I think I owe you 5 cents." she paid. "Indeed, why, and wherefore?" "I think you know," she replied. "Besides, there is a year's Interest due on the debt, and I shall be glad to pay It." "You are a conscientious debtor." said Mr. Benson, laughing. "Will you pay me with a cup of tea? Ned tells me that you and I live in the some city. Seriously. Miss Ayres, I have been looking for you ever since that evening. If only I had known you were Judge Ayres' daughter! I know your father slightly, as who does not?" Bessie picked one of the flowers at her belt to pieces while he spoke. "Mamma's day Is Wednesday," she Eaid. softly, when he paused. "Thanks; then I may all? Since my best friend has married your coo sin, you and 1 are connections, of a sort, arc we not? So this is au revoir. not good-by?" And Bessie whispered: "I hope it Is not good-by." A Little Amusement From a Cent. Don't gay penny; say cent A penny is an English coin. The Standard Dic tionary says penny may mean any coin of trifling value, but if you mean cent, eay cent as a penny may or may not be a cent. With this little piece of advice to amusement may be obtained from a cent: What official is suggested by this coin Copper. A messenger Is mentioned on the coin. Where' One cent (one sent). Where do you find the first American? Indian. Where do you remark a snake? Cop per head. Point out a Southern fruit? Date. Where do you find computes? Figure?. Something denounced by audupon- ists? Feathers. Piece of ancient ermor? Shield. Name n emblem of victory repre sented. Wreath- Where do you find a great assurance? heck. Where do you find what all families should be In feeling? United. Point out a swift animal? Hare (hair). Where ilo you discover an emblem of rovalty? Crown. Part of a hill? Brow. Part of a river? Mouth. Pertaining to an Eastern country? Indian. Place of worship? Temple. Where do you find a negation? Knot (not). That of which our rountry is made up? States. Announces or affirms? States. What our ancestors fought for? Lib erty. Principal foremost, greatest? Chief. Abandons? Departs from? Leaves. Where is an orchetra found? Band. Name a part of a bottle represented. Neck. Fastens bolts? Ixwks. American Bor. A Cautious Claim. "Is your wife one of these women who look at their husbands and say. 'I msde a man of Mm'' " "No," answered Mr. Meekton, "Hen rietta Is very unassuming Bho mere ly says she has done her best" Wash ington Star. Handle With Care. "Mug o beer?" said the bartender. "Certainly, sir. Wouldn't a glass do Just as well?" "Certainly not." repsonded the cus tomer. Irritably. "It's muggy weather." Waiting la Turn. And when you're knocked the meat trust out. And It totters to Its fall, Then tackle the coal trust. Uncle Ram, The meanest of them all, Emoeror William ha ata th.i hereafter no statue of his grandfather hall be erected In Oermany unless it bears an Inscription alluding to the dead emperor aa "William the Oreet." Wneo the Introduction of penny-tn-fae-elot meters, the total eonaunintioa of cm la certain dietrteta la Bertta ana y neany TCP per eent VESSELS SHAPED skilled potters are the Kadleno In Cians, of Paraguay, and nowhere is their skill more strikingly shown than on the vessels which they use to carry water. These vessels are formed to resemble certain animals, and most of them are like armadillos, tortoises and stag". After the vessels are molded Into these forms they are richly decorated, and except in the case of the large ones, which are sometimes roughly bandied, are treated with great care and are re garded as specially valuable property. They are made in several sizes, the largest bt.'Ing used for the purpose of A Thousand Dolllar Bill; A Relic Saves a Fortune. HERE was a time in the life of the confederacy," said the Southern colonel, "when we had so little rcsird for the North, or so much for ourselves, that we didn't think a roll of greenbacks was worth any more than a roll of wall paper. Out of this feeling grew a very pretty little romance which began In Holly Springs. Miss., and ended at the Fifth Avenue hotel in New York city. "I waa a young fellow of the enthusi astic sort that believed utterly in the final success of our cause, and when in Van Dorn swung round into Holly Springs and captured Grant's money and stores I was on hand with the boys, whooping It up in great shape. Among the articles captured was a big lot of greenbacks, $2,000,000 or $3,000,000, more or less, and we had plenty of it. "I had about $50,000 In my saddle hags that I was taking along with me to give away as souvenirs. It wasn't good for anything else in my opinion, bnt it was worth carrying along for that, as part of it was in $1,000 bills and didn't take up much room. "I knew a pretty girl near Holly springs, and 1 incidentally called on her. We had a good deal to say about the success of our arms, and as a little remembrancer I got out one of my thousand-dollar greenbacks and stuck it in her autograph album, writing my name and the date below the bill. I don't suppose there is a picture page In any of the best illustrated magazines of today that represents 1,000 in cash, as did that illustration I put In that girl's album. "Later I rode out to our camp, some miles away, and, putting up my horse, I adjourned to the banks of a little stream near by and was. pouring my foul out through a flute. There was only a small bunch of our men, and we weren't thinking much about Yan kee soldiers. 1 know I wasn't "I wasn't even thinking about my saddle bags full of money which were lying under a convenient tree, where 1 had thrown them. I was thinking about the girl. Suddenly there was a row and a ruction, and a troop of Yan kee cavalry had swooped down on us. "There was no time given for prepar ation, and thinking only of how to get away, I made a grab for my horse, and without saddle or bridle, and guided only by his halter, 1 cut out through the woods. The saddle bags I left undpr the tree; also the Bute, and I haven't played the flute since. How I got away DOLL OF WITCHCRAFT. Recently s very curious doll was dis covered In Hungary by Franz von Gab ney, a noted ethnologist, and It has been presented by him to the National museum of that country. It Is made of wax, and was fashioned by an old witch for a girl who had been forsaken by her lover. In order to make a doll of this kind effective as a love charm a long cere- mony Is necessary. ' First the witch and tne girl meet at midnight In n room which has a window facing too out. and the wltcb bands the girl the doll and at the same moment utters the false sweetheart's name. The girl re peats kls name throe times, and after that the two women attar this strange invocation "Come, hack, 1 nay; come back, if 1 yaw don't, may the demons prevent yam (rasa anting and tram nleinlag LIKE ANIMALS. bringing water from brooks and riv ers, and the smallest as drinking cups, or as vases, in which pearls and other trinkets may be kept. Those of inter mediate size are frequently kept m nets, as in that way they can be carried more easily, and when uets are not used they are fastened to cords, which serve a similar purpose. While Some vessels are decorated with symbolical figures, which have a religious significance, others are orna mented with flowers and leaves, the Kadleuos having been taught by mis sionaries some years ago to embellish their pottery in this manner. I don't know, but I did. and that was all I had in mind Just then. I reckon those aVnkees knew what to do. with the saddle bags. "The next chapter begins long after the war, only about 10 years ago. In fact, and I hadn't seen the girl in all that time. One day I was passing along In front of the Fifth Avenue hotel when a gray-haired man, standing near the door, stopped me. I didn't know who he was, and he begged my pardon and asked if my name wasn't Stuart I told him that was my first name, and gave him my last name. Then he grabbed me. " 'You saved me and my family,' h said, putting his arms about me nnd steering me toward the bar. "We'll have a drink and I'll tell you about It. You don't know how glad I am to see you.' "I Instinctively Nit that it was no case of bunko, and went with him. He had told me his name before we reached (he bar, and I knew he was the father of the Holly Springs girl. We had the drink, several, indeed, and he explained how I had saved him and bis family. "When the war wp over he had lost everything, and it was decided that the family should gather itself together and leave Mississippi for some point In the West, to mane a new start In the process of packing up what was left the daughter came across the autograph album in which I had pasted the thousand-dollar bill. "Thousand-dollar bills of United States money had somewhat appreciat ed In value to the Southern mind by that time, and Instead of tossing It aside as waste paper, the girl made a running Jump with It to her father. Very, very carefully, they soaked the album In warm water, and very, very carefully they detached the bill. It was taken to the bank and pronounced sound in every respect "There Isn't murn more to tne story. When a man hasn't a cent In the world, and the people around him aren't any better off, 1.000 Is a great, big pile, and the Holly Springs girl's dad had it He hurried off to Memphis, laid in a stock of all kinds of necessaries, and coming back to the old place, he braced himself and held on. "He hadn't grown rich, but he had enough to give me back the thousand by a little squeezing, and be wanted to do It. but I was pretty flush Just then myself .and I told him to keep it and make more with it to give to his daugh ter's children, for the girl was married and had a houseful" quietly In your bed. If you do not come back 1 will drive my knife Into your heart (at these words the girl sticks a kliittlug Ii"vi! thrGugh tun uOli), SHu then you will surely die and the ants will eat your flesh- I pray, too. that as I the tongue goes Into the mouth, so may you go aiu-r me; ana as i cannot live without a tongue, so may you not be able to live without me." If the faithless swain does not ap pear In due time the following curse is shouted up the chimney by the two women: "Demons, bring him bark, wherever he Is, for he shall have no rest May my curse follow him and, as formerly St. Peter betrayed Christ three times before the cock had crowed twice, so may the devils persecute you, and I, too, will torment you as long as there Is breath in your body. Here by this elder bush I bury you, and may the devils and their servants throw you Into their mill and bruise your body until your blood gushe out and only your skeleton remains." Having uttered these words, the girl splu three times In the doll's face, and then buries It under the elder bush. It Is doubtful If there Is a single gen uine old wltcb In Hungary now, and. therefore, common wax dolls, which are made In factories, are used by girls who desire to punish their lovers. Office Hours of Bead. Hon. Thomas B. Reed goes to Maine occasionally and occupies his summer home near Old Orchard Beach during the warm months. He has become se mnch In demand In New York that he Is often asked. 1 he Intenda to become a permanent resident of the city. The way he parries the question la Interest ing. "I find." he aald to a group of friends, "that the financial Importance of a New Yorker la ganger by the esrllneae with which be leaves the city and the lateness of hla return; his riches are measured by the length of time he stays away." "But how about youreelfr aaksri "Well," he aald alowly, "f aiB mil keeping office hours." Saturday Font The Injunction aninat th -t -- Mm does not teen to lower the prion of it. on uwre win eoasa a sis a I i t